Ryan Truex started 18th in his superspeedway debut at Daytona International Speedway. As a rookie, he struggled finding a partner in the DRIVE4COPD 300 and prepared to make a final run at a top-10 finish when a 19-car incident ended Tommy Baldwin Racing’s (TBR) NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) debut early. The No. 36 Grime Boss Chevrolet finished in the 31st position.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2012 season began with a triple-overtime thriller that saw several big hits and multi-truck wrecks cause less than half the field to finish on the lead lap. One of the less fortunate trucks was SS Green Light Racing’s Ross Chastain, who was taken out of the event just six laps from the finish.
Running in 11th place entering Turn 4 on the final lap, James Buescher was able to maneuver through a multi-car accident and come away with his first NASCAR Nationwide Series win in a green-white-checkered finish in the 54th annual DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway.
BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger R/T) Finished 2nd YOU ALMOST HAD THE WIN. “Almost, just got a little contact there in the door getting through that wreck."
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 6 Kellogg’s Pop Tarts Ford Fusion (Finished 19th) – NOT THE WAY YOU WANTED TO START YOUR TITLE DEFENSE I SUPPOSE “Yeah, that’s not the way we wanted to start."
Reigning world champ Dallas Glenn made the quickest run in Pro Stock history in front of a massive crowd on Saturday at Texas Motorplex, taking the No. 1 qualifying position with a world-record run at the Texas NHRA FallNationals.
The 2023 Cup Series champion from High Point, North Carolina, posted a single qualifying lap at 137.143 mph in 26.250 seconds for his fifth Cup pole of 2026 and the 17th of his career in the desert state.
Daniel Suarez, driver of the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying session at Phoenix Raceway.
The reigning O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Menlo Park, California, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 131.694 mph in 27.336 seconds for his second pole of 2026 at the desert state.
Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell were made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Phoenix Raceway.